IPL 2019: Match 18, Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab – Statistical Preview

The Chennai Super Kings will take on the in-form Kings XI Punjab at the Chepauk coming from a big defeat to the Mumbai Indians. Both the teams have won three out of four they played and the winner of this game would be climbing on to the top of the table. Injuries to the overseas pacer have weakened the CSK bowling with Dwayne Bravo being the latest to join the list. Despite three wins, the Kings XI needs bit more consistency in all departments as they were slightly lucky to win two of the three matches.

All the key stats and numbers ahead of the key clash between the ‘Kings’ in Chennai:

1 – Number of losses for the Chennai Super Kings across their last 15 IPL matches at the Chepauk. Mumbai Indians, in the 2015 season, are the only team to defeat CSK in these 15 IPL matches.

11 – Imran Tahir has bagged 11 wickets in only six IPL matches he played against the Kings XI Punjab. Tahir has an average of 17.81 with a best of 3/22 against KXIP. Dwayne Bravo has 22 wickets against Punjab in the 14 innings he bowled in the IPL but has been ruled out of next couple of weeks.

54.8 – MS Dhoni has a batting average of 54.8 in the IPL against Kings XI Punjab; the highest for any player with 300+ runs against them. Dhoni has scored 548 runs from 19 innings against Kings XI with the help of five fifties including his highest IPL score of 79* during this previous edition.

150 – The game against KXIP will be MS Dhoni’s 150th IPL match for the Chennai Super Kings and his 50th appearance in the IPL at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. Suresh Raina completed 150 IPL caps for CSK and 50 IPL matches in Chennai during the last Sunday’s match against the Rajasthan Royals.

340 – Chris Gayle has scored 340 runs from 11 IPL innings against the Super Kings with help of three fifties. At Chepauk, Gayle scored 173 runs in Twenty20 across four innings out of which 157 runs came in two innings only.

744 – Suresh Raina aggregated 744 runs in the IPL against the KXIP; the 2nd most by any player against them. He scored those runs across 21 innings at an average of 23.76 with help of a century and three fifties. Chris Gayle, the current KXIP player, has scored 797 runs against them until the 2017 season, the most by any player.

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